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LSO should pay $46,000 to lawyer, tribunal says

from Law Times

LSO should pay $46,000 to lawyer, tribunal says Law Times The Law Society Tribunal’s hearing division said the Law Society of Ontario should pay costs of $46,000 to a real estate lawyer, after finding that more than half of the costs of proceedings were based on unfounded allegations. The decision, Law Society of Ontario v. Rothman, 2020 ONLSTH 60, says that while the law society’s conduct in proceeding with unfounded allegations “was not malicious or in bad faith,” about 65 per cent of the case revolved around allegations that did not pan out. READ MORE

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